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Mobile data to outstrip voice traffic by 2011
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-07-27 00:25:09
Nokia Siemens Networks says the volume of data on mobile networks is doubling annually and will likely exceed voice (measured in bytes) by 2011. Meanwhile, other research suggests voice traffic is declining at the expense of email, texting and instant messaging.


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Spam levels stable: Symantec
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-30 00:25:35
Spam levels remain at 90 percent, according to security provider Symantec. But the situation would have worsened if a major botnet hadn't suffered downtime during June.


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Logitech Vid claims to simplify video calling
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-18 18:21:53
Vid, a free application from Logitech, is designed for those who find existing video calling software too daunting.


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The Wave: Get the inside view from Lars Rasmussen
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-06-02 00:12:10
A wave of enthusiasm, mild awe and wonder, not least from iTWire’s own, has swept the world with the launch of Google’s Australian-developed application Wave, and we’ll soon hear about its development, right here in Australia, from one of the developers who has made it all happen.


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Google Wave: the next big wave
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-06-01 21:35:07
Only rarely does a new technology emerge which is so sensible, so simple and so wonderful that you can't imagine how it never existed before. Google Wave is one such thing and it's the biggest thing to hit the Internet since the Web itself.


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Some older Australians missing out on the Internet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-05-08 02:59:04
While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults have used the Internet, almost half of the remainder are over 50.


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Managed MS Office Communications Server offered by Verizon
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-03-12 01:33:19
Want the benefits of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) without the burden of managing it? Verizon Business will look after the chores for you.


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Business needs to be wary of web-based consumer technologies, says security firm
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-03-03 23:28:39

With Australia now in the middle of National Consumer Fraud Week, there’s been a timely warning issued by one company that businesses are being exposed to security risks by the increasing number of employees accessing personal emails and social networking sites while at work.


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Cleartext offers hosted, standards-based IM service
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Services

2009-01-15 21:53:37
Sydney based messaging SaaS provider, Cleartext has launched an XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) based instant messaging service, ClearIM, as an alternative to public IM services with which it will interface.


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Windows speaks your instant messaging dialect, too
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-09-30 10:15:52
Windows, whether XP or Vista, is home to all the major instant messenger (IM) clients, and for things like Skype, unquestionably has the best versions. But if you’re hankering to talk to multiple friends on multiple IM systems at the same time, and you want some open source goodness without having to go through the pain of learning Linux, try Pidgin for Windows instead – the open source program that lets you talk freely.


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Linux speaks your instant messaging dialect
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2008-09-30 08:55:56
No matter your flavour of instant messenger (IM) client, Linux has you covered. With the open source program Pidgin you can talk freely.
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Cisco Found There
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2008-09-20 09:57:47
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were the borogoves, and then Cisco bought the IM babe. Actually, I doubt Lewis Carroll would have put it quite like that, as the Cisco Systems purchase of open protocol Instant Messaging software outfit Jabber is far from nonsensical.


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Demand growing for mobile content and services
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2008-08-22 00:48:43
Fewer people are buying more mobile content, according to the latest Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index. The study is published by the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association, and sponsored by mobile broadband application provider m.Net and user interface design company Ideal Interfaces.


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Adobe Flash fingered in malware clipboard trickery
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-08-19 22:22:23
Malicious Flash content appearing on otherwise legitimate sites may be to blame for sending users to malware-laden web pages.


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iPhone and iPod touch now talking with Google Talk
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-03 17:46:40
Google has released a version of its Google Talk IM product specially optimised for the iPhone and iPod touch. Google Talk runs in the Safari browser, so no installation is required, unlike native IM clients for Macs and PCs that must be downloaded and installed before use.


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Google Talk brings browser based chat to iPhone – but no voice
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-07-03 10:21:02
Only days before the iPhone 3G’s release, Google brings yet another application to the iPhone, but this one designed to run in the Safari browser, meaning it works on the iPod Touch too, giving you text chat access to all your Google Talk contacts. What’s it like?


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For Yahoo! It's goodbye Microsoft, hello Google
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Search engines

2008-06-12 19:47:19
Within hours of terminating acquisitions discussions with Microsoft Yahoo! has announced a deal with Google that will see Google AdSense ads popping up on Yahoo! alongside relevant Yahoo! search results, and the two will enable their instant messaging systems to interoperate.


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Beware the hyper-connected workforce!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Reports & Surveys

2008-05-19 02:29:42
According to Nortel, "an exploding 'Culture of Connectivity' is forcing enterprises around the world to change the way they do business faster than ever before or risk the opportunities of Hyperconnectivity passing them by."


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MS Messenger 7 reaches Mac
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2008-04-29 17:11:31
It's still well behind the Windows equivalent in terms of functionality, but Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0 has arrived.


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Jajah to provide Yahoo! Messenger's VoIP service
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: VoIP

2008-04-29 16:04:25
Yahoo! has selected Jajah to deliver a VoIP service that will enable its 97 million customers to make "high-quality, low-cost" PC-to-phone and phone-to-PC voice calls to more than 200 countries using Yahoo! Messenger.

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